Violent Resistance to Sugar Cane Union in Cameroon

ACORN International Cameroon Protests Strike Unions

           Mumbai           STRASCAS is the ACORN-affiliated union of sugar cane workers working in the plantations and processing facilities outside of Yaoundé in Cameroon.  This isn’t an easy to story to follow, but it’s an important one that I’ve mentioned briefly before.  Karina Bhatt, a reporter for the Caravel, a student paper at Georgetown University in …

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The Value of Intake Systems for Membership Organizations

ACORN International Community Organizations International India Workers

            Mumbai           In Delhi and Kolkata, I sat through meetings that were ostensibly government certified food safety meetings for hawkers.  Our affiliate, Janpahal, has been trained and certified to give these workshops about food safety.  Many topics are covered including the temperatures to cook chicken and other items.  Aprons, hair nets, and plastic gloves are …

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Hope in the Hustings

ACORN International Impunity Workers

            Kolkata            I first came to Kolkata with the Organizers’ Forum more than twenty years ago.  Unlike the megacities of Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru, Kolkata seems largely unchanged so far, something like the old India.  The streets were full and pulsating as we came into town after midnight from the airport, which had seen an …

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